Using data from Italian satellites, a rapid-response team from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Cañada Flintridge created a map showing the broad swath of damage from the mega-storm that tore through the western Pacific island nation last week.

The images were assembled from radar data beamed back from Italy's COSMO-SkyMed satellite constellation, which can detect changes on Earth's surface from natural or man-made disasters, particularly in the built environment.

Don’t be fooled – this epic video of plump clouds, clear lakes and gorgeous landscapes isn’t from some remote vacation spot on Earth. This could be what Mars looked like about 4 billion years ago, NASA scientists say.

Scientists have determined when the climates of numerous locations around the world will shift to a new, hotter normal as a result of higher greenhouse gas emissions, according to a study released Wednesday in the journal Nature.

Planetary scientists weren’t remotely expecting the 62-foot-wide Chelyabinsk fireball to shoot across Russian skies in February -- they’d had their eyes peeled on a much bigger target that missed the Earth by a decent margin, the asteroid 2012 DA14. But this relatively modest,...

SANFORD – Two 17-year-old Winter Springs High School football players accused of taking part in the gang rape of a teenage girl were back in juvenile court today. One tried to plead no contest but by the end of the hearing, that plan fell apart.